The First Crusade Benedictine Abbey of Cluny is founded Bourbon Dynasty Bubonic plague or Black Death reaches Europe Capetian Dynasty Cardinal Fleury governs France Career of Bernard of Clairvaux Carolingian Dynasty Charlemagne Empire Charlemagne invades Spain. Crusade of the Emperor Frederic II Death of Charlemagne Deaths of Voltaire and Rousseau Enlightenment First Capetian king of France First Crusade of King Louis IX of France France invades Italy Frankish Empire united French Catholic League formed French language replaces Latin French Revolutionary Wars French Wars of Religion Grand Siecle Hundred Year War Jacquerie Revolt Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake. Monastery founded at Citeaux in France Philip II Augustus rules France Pilgrimage of Count Philip of Flanders Pilgrimage of Count Thierry of Flanders Postal Service established Renaissance Second Crusade of King Louis IX of France Seven Year War The Black Death The Catholic Reformation The French Revolution The Lutheran Reformation The Second Crusade Thirty Years War University of Paris Valois Dynasty Voltaire publishes Candide